Health

Insulin signaling helps hungry mother worms make sure the next generation fares better in the face of famineCredit: Image courtesy...

The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age. Susanne Wegmann of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in...

For the first time, scientists grappling with how to improve the efficiency of CRISPR technology -- a gene-editing platform that...

In the age of high-tech electronics many kids spend about half their visit with grandparents watching videos or playing with...

Credit: Dr. Max Goodson Kuwait has some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, and scientists...

Rates of severe coal workers' pneumoconiosis -- also known as black lung disease -- among coal miners have been on...

(Boston)--In an effort to address the opioid epidemic in new, safe and effective ways, increasing access to buprenorphine, without a...

Credit: POSTECH Predicting the impact of DNA sequence variants is important for sorting disease-associated variants (DVs) from neutral variants. Korean...

New research collaboration to enhance integrated primary care workforce for people and families living with Alzheimer's and related disorders Louisiana...

Algorithm could further goal of referring more at-risk patients for preventive medication Oakland, Calif. -- Researchers have developed a new...

Crossed transgenic mouse lines struck males without affecting females, Tel Aviv University researchers say Certain plants, insects, crustaceans and fish...

Alexandria, VA, USA - 2019 marks the Centennial of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR). Over the last century the...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Ashkenazi Jewish women have a 1-in-40 chance of carrying the BRCA mutation and these...

Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D. and Xue-Zhong Yu, M.D., National Institutes of Health-funded researchers...

Opioids work against severe pain but the risks of side effects and addiction are high. In the USA alone, 26...

A new review from the National Institute for Health Research looks at evidence around what works to get people active...

A Penn study of more than 150,000 men with prostate cancer shows androgen deprivation therapy was associated with a higher...

June nTIDE Jobs Report highlights initiatives supporting greater independence for people with disabilities; Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire...

Findings hold promise for future treatment of human diseases caused by DNA mutations For the first time, scientists have captured...

Credit: San Diego State University Travelling abroad for the summer can change a person's perspective--and it can also change the...